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Baldwin IV Fair Beard De Flanders
(980-1035)
Otgiva of Luxembourg
(Abt 995-1030)
King Robert II the Pious Capet of France
(972-1031)
Constance of Arles
(973-1032)
Baldwin V the Pious De Flanders
(1012-1067)
Adela Capet
(1009-1079)
Baldwin VI of Flanders
(1029-1070)

 

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Richilde de Hainaut

Baldwin VI of Flanders

  • Born: 1029
  • Marriage: Richilde de Hainaut about 1055
  • Died: 17 Jul 1070 at age 41
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bullet  General Notes:

Born: 1029
Marriage: Richilde de Hainaut circa 1055
Died: 17 Jul 1070 at age 41
Another name for Baldwin was Baldwin I.
General Notes:
Baldwin VI of Flanders was briefly Count of Flanders, from 1067 to 1070. He was also (as Baldwin I) count of Hainaut from 1051 to 1070. He was the eldest son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adela Capet, a daughter of king Robert I of France. In 1051 he married Richilda, widow of count Hermann I of Hainaut. Flanders had taken control of Hainaut, but it was only by this marriage that possession was really secured. Baldwin's early death left Flanders and Hainaut in the hands of his young son Arnulf III, with Richilda as regent. The countship was soon usurped by Baldwin's brother Robert the Frisian, who became count Robert I of Flanders. The young Arnulf III was killed the next year at the Battle of Cassel, and Baldwin's younger son eventually became Baldwin II of Hainaut.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: Count of Hainaut, 1055.
• Acceded: Count of Flanders, 1067.
Baldwin married Richilde de Hainaut circa 1055. (Richilde de Hainaut died in 1086.)


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Baldwin married Richilde de Hainaut about 1055. (Richilde de Hainaut died in 1086.)



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